[CMake] ADD_SUBDIRECTORY

Brandon Van Every bvanevery at gmail.com
Thu Dec 20 16:13:41 EST 2007


On Dec 20, 2007 11:47 AM, George Neill <georgen at neillnet.com> wrote:
>
> I guess by issuing the ADD_SUBDIRECTORY() ( along with a PROJECT() ) I
> am implicitly saying there's going to be a collection of stuff built
> under this project.  It makes sense (to me) CMake could automatically
> generate a psuedo-target (synonomous with a "make all" for a
> subproject I suppose).

Having a subdirectory doesn't imply you want that stuff built as part
of "make all."  In fact there are explicit options to avoid this.  A
typical example is you've got some source code for sample projects,
but you don't want the sample projects built by default.  Test cases
are another example.


Cheers,
Brandon Van Every


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